McMahon criticized in new National Democratic Committee ad

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is weighing in again on the controversial topics of Social Security and Medicare in another ad that criticizes Linda McMahon on the hot topics.

“Linda McMahon doesn’t need any of the benefits like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. She is a multi-millionaire,” an older man says.

Other seniors complain that her remarks on sunsetting “could end Social Security … Linda McMahon also said she is willing to look at ending Medicare’s guaranteed benefits.”

“I’ve earned Social Security.”

The people in the ad are from Connecticut and are not actors.

A call was placed to the McMahon campaign for comment.

The DSCC is putting considerable resources into the Senate race to help Democrat Chris Murphy. Majority PAC out of Washington put out a similar ad earlier and McMahon has one accusing Murphy of being dishonest.

McMahon broached the sunsetting concept, which means a law would end and need to be reauthorized, in April before a tea party group.

Her campaign has said she wants a “checkpoint” to review the solvency of Social Security in 10 to 15 years, but not to end it. The confusion is Social Security is already vetted annually and is now solvent through 2033.

On Medicare she has said she is open to discussing all options. One of those is a voucher system where seniors would get a capped subsidy to buy insurance.

She has said she wouldn’t change benefits for these already receiving the benefits. At other times she extends this to those “approaching retirement age.”

Separately the Murphy campaign put out a video Wednesday showing McMahon at the Hartford Courant in 2010 after Peter Pach, a member of its editorial board asked her if Social Security would be around for his children. McMahon laughed and said, “Next question.”

“It was strange two years ago when Linda McMahon laughed at a question about whether Social Security would exist for someone’s children, but now it makes complete sense,” said Murphy spokesman Eli Zupnick, who feels it fits in with her remarks on sunsetting.